WEBVTT AR AND AMAZINGLY, SHEFOUND IT.THE BABY OK?A HAPPY REUNION AS AONE-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS TAKEN INTOAN AMBULANCE IN HER GRANDMOTHERSARMS AFTER A TERRIFYINGAFTERNOON.>> I DO NOT THINK HE KNEW THATSHE WAS IN THE BACKSEAT.THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY MYCAR IS PARKED NOW.LOWELL: THE GIRL'S MOTHER INDIAWHO DID NOT WANT HER FACE SHOWNSAID IT WAS A SURREALEXPERIENCE.AT AROUND MONDAY AFTERNOON INDIA12:30 P.M. WAS HELPING A FRIENDMOVE SOME PACKAGES INTO HER HOMEIN THE 4200 BLOCK OF ARIZONAAVENUE.A MAN WALKED UP TO THEM AND SHETHOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO ASK TOHELP, EXCEPT -->> WHEN I TURNED AROUND TO TAKESTUFF TO THE PORCH, I HEARD THECAR SCREECHING AND THAT WAS IT.LOWELL: IN A PANIC SHE CALLED911 AND GAVE A SO-SO DESCRIPTIONOF HER CAR.THEY TOLD HER TO WAIT FORPOLICE.INSTEAD OVERCOME WITH FEAR ANDPANIC SHE WENT OUT AFTER HIM>> EVERY MINUTE COUNTS THAT SHEIS GONE.I DO NOT WANT TO KEEP SITTINGHERE.EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD ME NOT TOLEAVE.I AM GLAD I GO WITH MYINSTINCTS.THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TOSIT THERE AND KEEP WAITING.THINK OUGHT I DID NOT.LOWELL: INDIA ALONG WITH FAMILYMEMBERS SEARCHED ALLEYWAYS ANDPARKING LOTS NEAR THE SCENE THENABOUT AN HOUR LATER THEY DROVEINTO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX INTHE 4800 BLOCK OF HAMILTONAVENUE AND THERE WAS HER CAR.HER DAUGHTER ASLEEP IN THE BACKSEAT SAFE.>> HER EYES WERE CLOSED BUT HERFACE WAS WET.SHE PROBABLY CRIED HERSELF TOSLEEP.SHE WAS STILL STRAPPED INTO THATWAS A GOOD SIGN AND HER JACKETAND EVERYTHING, NOTHING WASUNZIPPED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.LOWELL: POLICE WE SPOKE WITH OUTOF THE SCENE WHERE THE CAR WASFOUND SAY THAT THE 4800 BLOCK OFHAMILTON AVENUE IS A POPULARSPOT FOR FOLKS TO DROP OFFSTOLEN CARS.THIS WILL BE AN AFTERNOON THATINDIA AND HER FAMILY WILL NEVERFORGET.

A Baltimore mother whose car was stolen with her 1-year-old daughter inside Monday afternoon tracked down the car and found her infant safe.

The girl's mother, India, was helping a friend move in the 4200 block of Arizona Avenue in northeast Baltimore when her car was stolen with her 1-year-old daughter in the back seat. The mother told 11 News that she went with her instincts -- and against police wishes -- when she went off on her own to find the car.

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"I'm just happy I went with my own instinct. I'm happy that she's safe. It was only 45 minutes to an hour after the incident," India said.

India said it was a terrifying ordeal that started around 12:30 p.m., when a man approached her.

"He looked at me, I looked at him and I thought he was going to ask me did I want help? That's it. That's what I thought (he) was going to say, and I look back and the car was screeching down the street. That was that," India said.

The man took off with India's car and her 1-year-old daughter inside. India called 911 and was only able to give a partial license plate number. Police told her to stay put, but she couldn't.

"Every minute counts that she's gone. I don't want to keep sitting here, even though they told me not to leave. I'm glad I went with my instinct, and I'll deal with whatever comes with me leaving later. I wasn't ready to sit there and keep waiting, and thank God I didn't," India said.

India and relatives checked alleyways and parking lots near the scene and eventually pulled into an apartment complex in the 4800 block of Hamilton Avenue, where she found her car with her daughter in the back, unharmed.

"I don't think he knew that she was in the back seat. I think that's the only reason why my car is parked now," India said. "Her eyes were closed, but her face was wet. I could tell she probably cried herself to sleep. She was still strapped in, so that's a good sign. Nothing was unzipped or anything like that."

Police at the scene said that the 4800 block of Hamilton Avenue is actually a popular place for stolen vehicles to be abandoned.